In the CNN GOP Debates, Rick Santorum invoked the story of Cassie Bernall, one of the victims of the Columbine shootings, to explain why he wouldn’t have fired Kim Davis:

In the video, he says Cassie Bernall was praised as a hero for her expression of faith in the face of death, where Kim Davis has been shamed as a villain for her expression of faith in the face of jail time. Not only is Santorum’s analogy tortured at best, it’s based on a factual error. Despite the urban legend that Bernall was discovered beneath a library table by the gunmen, was asked if she believed in God and was shot when she said “Yes”, this never happened. Instead, Bernall silently prayed as she was murdered; the question was asked, however, to Valeen Schnurr, who thankfully survived when she was shot after answering “yes”.

Wait … comparing Kim Davis to a girl who died in COLUMBINE!?! #sharkjumped

To us, Santorum’s speech just sounded like standard far-right, pseudo-Christian gibberish. But to Amanda Stair-Duran, it was deeply offensive. And Stair-Duran was there that day, at Columbine. In the library where Bernall was. And she’s demanding an apology from Santorum.

In the video, a visibly upset Stair-Duran calls Santorum out for not only repeating a myth, but for minimizing their tragedy in the service of bigotry. In her words:

Ms. Davis never had to hide under a table while everyone got shot around her. She never has been held at gunpoint at any point in her life… As a library survivor myself, you don’t want to experience the feeling of having everyone ten feet around you being shot. It’s a downright terrifying sensation, and the fact she’s being compared to somebody who was killed in the library — who isn’t even alive to tell her side of the story — it’s just degrading to all of us who survived, all of us who were there.

Stair-Duran has also sent a Facebook message to Santorum’s campaign directly asking for an apology, but has yet to receive a response.